CVE-2014-4615 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 19 Aug 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Authenticated users can read message queues to steal authentication tokens, potentially leading to account takeover in OpenStack environments.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2014-4615?

CVE-2014-4615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Aug 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The notifier middleware in OpenStack PyCADF 0.5.0 and earlier, Telemetry (Ceilometer) 2013.2 before 2013.2.4 and 2014.x before 2014.1.2, Neutron 2014.x before 2014.1.2 and Juno before Juno-2, and Oslo allows remote authenticated users to obtain X_AUTH_TOKEN values by reading the message queue (v2/meters/http.request).

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4615?

It affects 6 products.

Linux distribution packages (8)

`openstack-ceilometer` Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	All versions	`0:2013.2.3-2.el6ost`
`openstack-ceilometer-alarm` Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	All versions	`0:2013.2.3-2.el6ost`
`openstack-ceilometer-api` Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	All versions	`0:2013.2.3-2.el6ost`
`openstack-ceilometer-central` Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	All versions	`0:2013.2.3-2.el6ost`
`openstack-ceilometer-collector` Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	All versions	`0:2013.2.3-2.el6ost`
`openstack-ceilometer-common` Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	All versions	`0:2013.2.3-2.el6ost`
`openstack-ceilometer-compute` Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	All versions	`0:2013.2.3-2.el6ost`
`python-ceilometer` Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	All versions	`0:2013.2.3-2.el6ost`

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Openstack Neutron, Openstack Oslo, Openstack Pycadf, Openstack Telemetry \(Ceilometer\), Redhat Openstack.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4615?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-4615 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4615 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4615, GHSA-9wrh-vfjh-96rg, RHSA-2014:1050, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4615, USN-2311-1, USN-2311-2.